Archive for July, 2007

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Breaking Through

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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Paper will spontaneously combust at 451 degrees Farenheit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farenheit_451).  Water will boil and turn to steam at 212 degrees Farenheit.
Why the science facts?  I received an interesting newsletter today from Simple Truths - an online retailer specializing in inspirational […]

Assessments and Hiring

Monday, July 30th, 2007

I’m back from vacation.  We had a great time, but anytime you’re 24×7 with a couple of 8 year olds (our kids), it’s anything but relaxing.  We did see a lot of great scenery (Rocky Mountain National Park) and I got at least a few good pictures and the kids had fun, so all in […]

Vacation, all I ever wanted

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Columbia-River-Gorge-1
Originally uploaded by WSK_2005

Vacation - had to get away. Sure I’m dating myself with the Go-Gos, but it is a really catchy song.
If you couldn’t tell, I’m leavin’ (on a jet plane) for Colorado for a week with the family. We’re spending a couple of days in Denver and the rest of the time in […]

Your Vision is fine…

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

You started your business with some kind of dream, some sort of plan. Maybe you imagined what it would look like in 3 years, 5 years or even 10 years out. (as an unrelated side note, 10 years is a really long time - think about all of the things that have changed […]

Are you competing on Price?

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

I thought about this because I saw an interesting article on Costco (nytimes.com/2005/07/17/business/yourmoney/17costco) that I found on the 37 Signals Blog (http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/505-5-business-lessons-from-costco).

Although I’m not a customer at Costco, I did shop at their primary competition, Sam’s Club, this weekend and the first thing I think of when I think of the category is…low price. Well that and really large jars of mayonnaise and cereal boxes that won’t fit in our car.

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